Summary
- Share of its imports
- 32.3%
- Value imported
- $374million
- Rank among its suppliers
- 1st
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 52
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 29
- Dominated value
- $239million
- Share of total imports
- 20.7%
Trend
Trend in shares
China went from 3.2% to 32.3% of what Chad buys
Share (%)
- China 32.3%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 8 | 3.2% | 7 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0.82% | 16 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0.86% | 14 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0.13% | 30 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0.26% | 27 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0.51% | 20 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0.09% | 33 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0.43% | 18 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0.55% | 20 |
| 2004 | 6 | 1.9% | 12 |
| 2005 | 15 | 3.9% | 7 |
| 2006 | 14 | 3.6% | 7 |
| 2007 | 59 | 9.8% | 4 |
| 2008 | 80 | 11.2% | 2 |
| 2009 | 149 | 17.2% | 1 |
| 2010 | 308 | 23.4% | 2 |
| 2011 | 94 | 12.6% | 2 |
| 2012 | 172 | 21.6% | 1 |
| 2013 | 372 | 30.2% | 1 |
| 2014 | 317 | 23.3% | 1 |
| 2015 | 124 | 14% | 2 |
| 2016 | 93 | 14.7% | 2 |
| 2017 | 115 | 19.9% | 1 |
| 2018 | 185 | 21.2% | 1 |
| 2019 | 278 | 25.6% | 1 |
| 2020 | 298 | 26% | 1 |
| 2021 | 342 | 27.7% | 1 |
| 2022 | 281 | 21.7% | 1 |
| 2023 | 378 | 23.3% | 1 |
| 2024 | 374 | 32.3% | 1 |
Products where China sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameras and broadcast equipment | China | 54.2% | Hong Kong · 22.3% | $25 million |
| Rubber and plastic footwear | China | 91.9%over 75% | India · 5.6% | $19 million |
| Batteries | China | 94.4%over 75% | Germany · 0.91% | $16 million |
| Electric motors and generators | China | 85.7%over 75% | United States · 11% | $16 million |
| Motorcycles | China | 89.3%over 75% | Japan · 9.6% | $12 million |
| Control panels | China | 66.4% | France · 12.5% | $9 million |
| Bulldozers and excavators | China | 64.5% | Netherlands · 13.5% | $9 million |
| Fuel and lubricant additives | China | 86.2%over 75% | United States · 10.9% | $9 million |
| Tea | China | 74.5% | Kenya · 24.9% | $8 million |
| New tires | China | 80.1%over 75% | Japan · 7.5% | $8 million |
| Valves and taps | China | 57.3% | Belgium · 12.2% | $7 million |
| Diodes, transistors and solar cells | China | 88.3%over 75% | France · 4.7% | $6 million |
| Special-purpose vehicles | China | 61.6% | Spain · 20.6% | $6 million |
| Motorcycle and bicycle parts | China | 65.2% | India · 34.7% | $6 million |
| Surveying instruments | China | 89.6%over 75% | Germany · 3% | $6 million |
| Plastic packaging | China | 50.6% | Turkey · 28.3% | $5 million |
| Seamless steel pipes | China | 90.8%over 75% | United States · 6.4% | $5 million |
| Rayon fabric | China | 100%over 75% | — | $5 million |
| Gas, water and electricity meters | China | 97.9%over 75% | France · 1.1% | $4 million |
| Refrigerators, freezers and heat pumps | China | 51.7% | Luxembourg · 35.5% | $4 million |
| Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins | China | 99.6%over 75% | Switzerland · 0.34% | $4 million |
| Tractors | China | 57.6% | Netherlands · 15.4% | $4 million |
| Diesel engines | China | 90%over 75% | France · 9.4% | $4 million |
| Buses | China | 87.7%over 75% | Benin · 8.9% | $3 million |
| Furnishing textiles | China | 97.9%over 75% | Egypt · 1% | $3 million |
| Catalysts | China | 66.4% | Netherlands · 17% | $3 million |
| Gas cylinders | China | 84.8%over 75% | India · 11.6% | $2 million |
| Detergents and surfactants | China | 72.3% | France · 10.9% | $2 million |
| Flashlights and portable lamps | China | 96.9%over 75% | Turkey · 2% | $2 million |
| Plastic sheets and film | China | 60% | Turkey · 22.5% | $2 million |
and 22 more
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- China sells 46.2% of what the world exports of cameras and broadcast equipment; next come Vietnam (13.1%), Taiwan (4.4%) and India (4.3%). The rest of the world exported 13,428.3 times what Chad buys from China.
- China sells 50.6% of what the world exports of rubber and plastic footwear; next come Vietnam (16.4%), Indonesia (6%) and Germany (3.8%). The rest of the world exported 1,056.1 times what Chad buys from China.
- China sells 50.8% of what the world exports of batteries; next come South Korea (6.1%), United States (5.4%) and Poland (5.4%). The rest of the world exported 4,677.6 times what Chad buys from China.
- China sells 25% of what the world exports of electric motors and generators; next come Germany (11%), United States (7%) and Mexico (6.6%). The rest of the world exported 3,461.9 times what Chad buys from China.
- China sells 28.6% of what the world exports of motorcycles; next come Japan (10.4%), Germany (8.3%) and Thailand (8.3%). The rest of the world exported 2,300.1 times what Chad buys from China.
- China sells 17% of what the world exports of control panels; next come Germany (11.9%), Mexico (10.9%) and United States (8.5%). The rest of the world exported 8,119.1 times what Chad buys from China.
- China sells 25.8% of what the world exports of bulldozers and excavators; next come Japan (19.7%), United States (6.8%) and Germany (6.3%). The rest of the world exported 4,830.1 times what Chad buys from China.
- China sells 6.6% of what the world exports of fuel and lubricant additives; next come United States (21.7%), France (17.7%) and Singapore (14%). The rest of the world exported 1,532.8 times what Chad buys from China.
- China sells 17% of what the world exports of tea; next come Kenya (19.2%), Sri Lanka (18.1%) and India (11.3%). The rest of the world exported 787.5 times what Chad buys from China.
- China sells 22.8% of what the world exports of new tires; next come Thailand (8%), Japan (6%) and Germany (5.3%). The rest of the world exported 10,091.8 times what Chad buys from China.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from China
Chad is China’s 156th-largest customer, with 0.01% of its exports.
Links
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.